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When facing a divorce or other family law case, it is important to seek information on the specific challenges you may experience in order to better understand your rights and legal options. To keep our current and potential clients up-to-date on the information that may be crucial to the outcomes of their cases, we have compiled a list of articles that you may find helpful.

If you would like to discuss these topics or any other issues related to your specific case with a knowledgeable lawyer, please feel free to contact a Houston divorce lawyer from Holmes, Diggs & Sadler at (713) 802-1777.

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• Adoption Options
• Agree to Disagree: Mediation in Family Law
• Alternative Divorce Methods
• Annulment vs. Divorce
• Asset Evaluation during Divorce for Large Marital Estates
• Basic Child Custody Rights
• Basics of Property Division
• Benefits of a Pre-nuptial Agreement
• British Expatriate Divorcing in Texas?
• Can I Get a Witness?
• Child Custody and Religious Rights
• Children’s Preferences in Child Custody Cases
• Complications in Military Child Custody Cases
• Complications with Expatriate Divorce
• Court Ordered Child Support
• Custody and Relocation
• Decreasing Child Support Payments in Houston
• Dividing Large Assets during a Divorce
• Division of Retirement Plans in a Divorce
• Divorce and the Holidays
• Do I Need a Prenuptial Agreement?
• Enforcing Out-of-State Restraining Orders in Texas
• Establishing Paternity Status in Texas
• Factors That Prolong a Mediated Divorce
• Family Business in Divorce
• Fault vs. No-Fault Divorce
• Filing for Temporary Alimony
• Finding the Money for Divorce When Your Spouse Controls the Money
• Gestational and Surrogacy Agreements in Texas
• Grandparent Visitation Rights
• Grandparents’ Rights in Texas
• Home Purchase During Divorce
• How a Partition Agreement Can Help You
• How Businesses are Valued During Divorce
• How Child Custody is Determined
• How Domestic Violence Affects Child Custody in a Divorce
• How Long Does Divorce Take?
• How To Handle A Paternity Case
• Identifying Hidden Assets in Divorce
• Income Excluded from Child Support Net Resources
• Increasing Child Support Payments
• Infidelity and Divorce
• International Family Law
• Interstate Child Custody and Temporary Emergency Orders
• Joint Adoptions for Same-Sex Couples
• Joint versus Sole Custody
• Keeping Alimony Records After Divorce
• Legal Custody vs. Physical Custody
• Long Distance Holiday Visitation
• Loss of Trust and Divorce
• Making Joint Child Custody Work
• Mediation vs Arbitration
• Mistaken Paternity
• Modifying an Alimony Agreement
• Modifying Child Support Agreements
• Myths of Common Law Marriage
• No-Fault Divorce
• Obtaining a Legal Name Change in Texas
• Out-of-State Child Support Enforcement
• Parenting Agreements
• Penalties for Failure to Follow Child Visitation Agreements
• Penalties for Non-Payment of Child Support
• Preparing for a Pre-Adoption Home Study
• Preserving Separate Property during Divorce
• Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence
• Reasons for Appealing a Ruling in a Divorce
• Reasons Requiring Supervised Visitation
• Reasons to Go To Divorce Court
• Reasons to Reconsider Defaming Your Spouse
• Revenue Ruling 59-60
• Same-Sex Cohabitation Agreements in Texas
• Same-Sex Couple Divorce in a Non-Recognition State
• Same-Sex Couples Child Custody
• Same-Sex Domestic Partnership Agreements in Texas
• Separate Property
• Social Media and Divorce
• Social Studies For Custody Disputes
• Spying On Your Spouse
• Standard Visitation
• Strategies for Preserving Separate Assets during Divorce
• Temporary Orders During a Divorce
• The Benefits of Pursuing Collaborative Law for a Divorce
• The Hague Convention on International Adoption
• The Hague Convention on International Kidnapping
• The Process of Debt Division
• Visitation for Children Under Three
• Waste of Community Assets
• What Are a Birth Mother’s Rights?
• What Decisions Are Made from Paternity Suits?
• What is a Closed Adoption?
• What is an Open Adoption
• What is Collaborative Law?
• When the Delight of Adoption Becomes Burdensome
• When the State Gets Involved
• Winter Holiday Visitation